New York Women Composers, Inc.

The organization is meant to create opportunities for performing, recording, networking and mentoring for its members and aims to benefit all women composers.

[2] The association was founded by Elizabeth Bell, Lucy Coolidge, Ann Callaway and Robert Friou in 1984.

[7] It also produces media programs to increase recognition of women composers, such as Here and Now: An Explanation of the Creative Mind, 1988.

[8] The group also publishes a catalog of music by women composers to allow easier access by musicians and directors seeking works for performance,[9][10] and presents awards for support of women's compositions.

[11] The New York Women Composers, Inc., supports women composers in the state of New York by providing annual Seed Money Grant Program awards of $750 each for concerts or CD recording projects that support performance of music by NYWC members.